He's had a 17/0 game, too. 4 of 18 games with 10+ assists and zero turnovers. His defense, on the other hand...
NBA In-Season Tournament 2023 Discussion and Gamethread
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Yup, and the Bucks were probably allowing better looks.
Even with the turnovers, the Celtics played well enough to blow out Indy by 25, and the shooting variance masked that. In a 7 game series, that would be a footnote in a gentlemen's sweep. In single elimination, well...
Haliburton is leading the league in assists per game (by a healthy margin, 12.1 to 10.6) and has just the 48th most in turnovers per game.
Hali has gone from a 3/1 Asst/TO ratio to 5/1 with a step up in usage.
USG% (26%) + TO% (10%) + ASST% (48%) + eFG% (63.5%).... insanity
SSS & all but if Ty can start launching 2-3 more 3s/game & retain efficiency is he exceeding alpha Curry?
Those Brown for Hali/Barnes fake trades of yesteryear weren't so dumb after all.
If they can keep both James & Davis healthy - obviously that's the whole question right there - the Lakers are one more piece away from being a problem.
Last Laker win without a 3 made? November 16, 2003, 99-77 over the Heat, 0-9 from deep. Their last in the playoffs, since that's kind of, sort of what this is? Game 2 of the 2001 West Semis over the Kings, 96-90, when they were 0 for 10 from downtown.
Most attempted, no makes, win, Laker history? 0 for 12, in Game 3 of the Western Semis against Utah, the lone game LA won that series.
Most attempted, no makes, win, Laker history? 0 for 12, in Game 3 of the Western Semis against Utah, the lone game LA won that series.
Lakers are absolutely clamping down on the Pacers. Every look is a bloody handfight and everything is heavily contested.
This game is intense. Just turned it on 15 minutes ago and you can tell this is definitely no regular season game
Lakers induce the Pacers into two Myles Turner ill-advised takes that result in a five point turnaround before the end of the quarter. That make was huge by Mathurin.
AD, holy shit. That is about a good of a defensive/offensive dominance I have seen in the past few years. Such a dominant game
The Lakers seem pretty intent on closing this out decisively. Indiana is shooting 36.4% from the field.
Oh, you mean an opponent goes cold in the final after shooting the lights out vs the Celtics? Too soon.
one team plays defense, the other doesn’t
for this tournament I should say. Lebron and company cared about this and played virtually as hard as they could.
The Lakers need the next 2 weeks off with the intensity they exhibited tonight. Impressive win.
well playedI suggest we call the IST Silverware from now on.
ESPN is going to make the Lakers the defacto NBA Champions for the rest of the season...
Be prepared for All Roads need to go through Bron & AD
After watching that game I question how the lakers are 14-9. 7-0
In this tournament for what’s worth
But it just comes down to Davis. He was so good both defensively and offensively. But he can’t play with that intensity every night. If he did, he would be done by Christmas.
In this tournament for what’s worth
But it just comes down to Davis. He was so good both defensively and offensively. But he can’t play with that intensity every night. If he did, he would be done by Christmas.
The Lakers dilemma is they want to monitor Lebron and AD’s minutes and workload to make a deep run, but they also need them playing 35 minutes and carrying the team every night to win.
